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Kathirgamanathan had been walking home across a footbridge, on 22 April 2004, when he was assaulted in what police are regarding as a racially-motivated attack.
During the attack, Kathirgamanathan sustained severe head injuries and died two weeks later on 6 May. James Rossiter, 22, and Tony Pile, 18, both of Ashford have been charged with murder.
A second man who was with Kathirgamanathan managed to escape the attackers.
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